A whale hauled up on the slipway at the Bluff Whaling Station, Durban, South Africa.

A whale hauled up on the slipway at the Bluff Whaling Station, Durban, South Africa. It has been hauled up tail first, ready for flensing. The photographer was an apprentice on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Tymeric (1919) which was in port for bunkers and provisions before departing for the U.K. on 1 July 1939.

Object Details

ID: P49990
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Tymeric (1919)
Date made: June 1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 45 mm x 69 mm